Cradle may yet become black metal's first crossover success--singer Dani Filth is preeningly ready for his close-up--but at Tramps they couldn't even claim the night's best bit of stage banter. Though Filth's "It smells like Catholics in here" deserves honorable mention, the beefy vocalist for openers Acheron cut straight to the center of things. "If people tell you to worship the Nazarene," he growled, brandishing a middle finger, "tell them, 'Fuck the ways of Christ!' " --Jon Fine